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08-12-2016, 06:40 AM
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Barn find! Garod 900TV & more
Got a call from an old friend in the radio circles yesterday. He was at a barn sale and sent me a pic of a TV, asked me if I was interested. Hellz yeah!
 Got in my car after work and made the two hour drive, which was well worth it. Here's what I ended up with. Along with the Garod, got some NOS Sprague black beauty caps (I'll sell those to guitar amp guys....heh), orange drops, magnifier, and a Jackson TVG-2 Signal Generator, just for grins. Also got a whole case of NOS GE tubes, a big box of NOS 20s and 30s tubes, and another box filled with some huge funky whofandangler tubes. Hytrons, some with ceramic bases, a few that have to be about 10" tall This hole is far from fished out. He had several Channel Master UHF roof antennas new in box, plus a ton of radios, old test equipment, etc. He's going to dig some more and call me in a week to stop out again  . The only other TV there was about a '53 Philco split chassis tabletop, which I passed on.
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08-12-2016, 06:42 AM
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She cleaned up nicely, and all but one knob is there. Even have the owner's manual. The one knob not on the set in this pic I set down somewhere within a 6 foot radius last night and now I can't find the sucker. Don't you just HATE that??
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08-12-2016, 07:07 AM
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08-12-2016, 08:41 AM
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Very cool set! Kinda has that "look we added an image receptor to our radios!" styling approach.
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08-12-2016, 09:07 AM
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Great find! Having been into vintage TV's for many years, I can say that model Garod with the two large dials is about as rare as some pre-war TV's. One of the most unique post-war vintage TV's of them all. I love the primitive look of it with that busy control panel. Absolutely worth the investment to get it fully restored. Good luck.
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08-12-2016, 09:54 AM
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Judging by the messages I've just had....if I wanted to sell it I would have little trouble doing so
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08-12-2016, 01:25 PM
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Great find, what a cool looking set. It has that early Farnsworth look to it with all of the knobs and tall upright look to it. I can't imagine that there's too many of those around. You've got to start a restoration thread on this set! I lost my Predicta pedestal on off switch just the same way. I found another, but where does it go in a couple feet from the set?! Post done internal shots of this set. If I was closer I'd definitely try to get this set from you.
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08-12-2016, 08:56 PM
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A nice uncommon set. Don't see Garods too much. Very nice set too. Great score!
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08-13-2016, 10:28 AM
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Neat! Look forward to what else you may unearth there
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Ham shack...AM side: Knight-Kit T-60, RME-45 Vintage SSB side: National 200 Modern SSB: Kenwood TS-180S MFJ tuner, 130' dipole
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08-15-2016, 01:28 PM
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